Mercury News By VINHCENT LE and SEAN MCLAUGHLIN In 2012, California decided to deregulate the broadband internet industry until 2020 with the aim of encouraging greater consumer choice, economic growth and innovation. Eight years later, these benefits have not materialized. Instead internet…Continue reading

The Progressive By Preeti Vissa Kristipati The administration is moving to cut public access to information on how, and to whom, banks loan money. Redlining – the practice of denying loans to home buyers and others based on their race…Continue reading

Meeting of the Minds By Joel Espino When most people think of electric vehicles, we think of cars, like Teslas, Chevy Bolts and Nissan Leafs. But trucks and buses are going electric, too, and the impact on both our air…Continue reading

The Progressive By Alvaro Sanchez While politicians and activists debate the idea of a federal plan to fight climate change and boost our economy, the Golden State is quietly showing how it could actually work. While politicians and activists debate…Continue reading

EcoWatch By Hana Creger Everyone’s talking about self-driving, autonomous vehicles these days. Late last year General Motors announced that it will shut down production of several conventional car lines, partly to pour resources into its self-driving car unit, and GM…Continue reading

California Health Report By Sonja Diaz, Jeffrey Reynoso and Anthony Galace Despite California’s leadership in expanding health coverage to a record number of Californians, we have a crisis that hardly anyone is addressing: Our state still fails to provide the…Continue reading

Common Dreams By Alvaro Sanchez Tell people their gas taxes are going up and they will riot, literally. Tell people that 62 individuals hold the same amount of wealth as the 3.7 billion people who make up the poorest half of…Continue reading

ArcaMax By Anthony Galace Big corporations often tout their mergers as promoting efficiency and helping consumers, but too often the public ends up with fewer choices and higher prices. That seems likely to happen again with the latest health care…Continue reading